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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
721 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2026
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JEFFERSON AL-WALKER AL-
721 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, JEFFERSON AND WALKER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 719 PM CDT, HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED BUT LINGERING FLOODING
CONTINUES AND SOME CREEKS LIKELY REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN BIRMINGHAM, GARDENDALE, FULTONDALE, SUMITON, DORA,
ADAMSVILLE, GRAYSVILLE, BROOKSIDE, MULGA, SIPSEY, MAYTOWN,
WEST JEFFERSON, CARDIFF, QUINTON, BURNWELL, FORESTDALE,
MINOR, EDGEWATER, MCDONALD CHAPEL AND ROCKY HOLLOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3363 8711 3383 8712 3379 8697 3370 8698
3363 8679 3351 8691 3361 8711
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